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President Roosevelt and John Muir and the Reforms they Passed

President Roosevelt and John Muir and the Reforms they Passed. Clara Gomez & Gudalupe Rodriguez period 5. Theodore Roosevelt . He graduated from Harvard in 1880 When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Roosevelt volunteered as commander of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry

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President Roosevelt and John Muir and the Reforms they Passed

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  1. President Roosevelt and John Muir and the Reforms they Passed Clara Gomez & Gudalupe Rodriguez period 5

  2. Theodore Roosevelt • He graduated from Harvard in 1880 • When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Roosevelt volunteered as commander of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry • Became the president when he was 43 years old • He use his office and its power to convince America of the need to change and to push through his reform proposals

  3. Conservations • After he won reelection in 1904, Roosevelt felt more empowered to make significant changes in this domain • Roosevelt was the nation's first conservationist President • He helped pass laws that helped conserve the environment

  4. Roosevelt was a Conservationist • Everywhere Roosevelt went, he preached the need to preserve woodlands as places of refuge and retreat • He believed the Western and frontier heritage had shaped American values, behavior and culture • The President wanted the US to change from exploiting natural resources to carefully managing them. • He added enormously to the national forests in the West, reserved lands for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.

  5. Reforms Roosevelt passed • In 1902, Roosevelt signed the Newlands Reclamation Bill • It used money from federal land sales to build reservoirs and irrigation works to promote agriculture in the arid West • In March, 1903, Roosevelt visited Pelican Island in Florida, a nesting ground for numerous shorebirds. • Roosevelt was well aware of the danger of massive extinction

  6. Reforms • Roosevelt created Pelican Island Bird Reservation • It was a plan that permanently set aside the three-acre island as a wildlife sanctuary; and made Pelican Island the first National Wildlife Refuge.

  7. Bureau of Forestry • In 1905, Roosevelt created the Bureau of Forestry • Roosevelt set aside 125 million acres of timberlands as federal reserves • This guaranteed the preservation of some natural resources for future generations

  8. John Muir • John Muir was America’s most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist. • He was a writer who taught the importance of experiencing and protecting our natural heritage. • His writing contributed greatly to the creation of Yosemite, Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon National Parks. • His writing contributed greatly to the creation of Yosemite, Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon National Parks.

  9. The National Reclamation • President Roosevelt wanted the federal government to help western states build huge reservoirs to hold and to conserve the water. • The National Reclamation Act gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed. • The purpose of the act was to control the precipitation in seventeen western states and use it to encourage families to move to the west.

  10. Works Cited " About - The John Muir Exhibit - Sierra Club."Sierra Club Home Page: Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2013. <http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_ex Werner, Emma J..United States history. California ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. Print. "Wilderness.net - Pelican Island Wilderness - General Information."Wilderness.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/wildView?WID=448>.

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